Saturday, June 25, 2011

(June 25 2011, Montclair, CA) Long time midget racer Jimmy Voitel will run the AMSOIL / Oil Twins logo for the 2011 season at Ventura Raceway. “I am excited to see how AMSOIL products perform against what I have been using,” said Voitel late Friday night at his shop. Voitel has been a sprint car fan since he could hitchhike to Knoxville Raceway.

“We are pleased to have another distinguished racer represent us,” said Andy Jones, AMSOIL Executive Direct Jobber. “It not too often to meet someone who has raced the Chili Bowl, let alone have him part of your program,” Andy continued.

Come out and catch some racing action:

June 25
July 16
August 27
September 17
October 29
November 19

For more information or to order quality Amsoil Products from the Montclair, California based Oil Twins, please visit their website at www.oiltwins.com or give them a call at 888-OIL-TWINS.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

(June 23 2011, Montclair, CA) This Saturday night, June 25th, when the PASSCAR Stock Car Series rolls onto the track at the West Coast's premiere dirt oval, Perris Auto Speedway, racing fans will have two reasons to watch Oil Twins Amsoil racing star Steven "Bam Bam" Fangmeyer. The Corona, California based driver will not only be racing as usual in the American Factory Stock class, but he will be making his first ever appearance in the Street Stock division.

Fangmeyer's, association with the Riverside County oval goes back 13 years. When he was 12-years old, Fangmeyer and his father helped work on Ken Searcy's Super Stock. "My dad and some of his friends helped work on Ken's car," the 25-year-old racer said. "I was just a little kid hanging around the shop doing what I could do. Putting on tires and stuff like that."

Fangmeyer's association with Searcy grew until he eventually became crew chief on the blue and yellow #50 car when it won The PAS championship in 2009. While being a championship crew chief was very satisfying, Fangmeyer wanted more. He wanted a championship as a driver and in 2010, his second full season of racing, he parlayed his dream into reality when he was crowned PASSCAR Factory Stock champion.

This Saturday night he will expand his racing horizons again. In addition to competing in the Factory Stocks, he will take his first ever green flag in a Street Stock driving the Camaro normally raced by Jeremy Culp. It will be double duty at the track, but as the affable Fangmeyer explains, it is a lot of extra work getting two cars ready in the shop. "Between last week and this week, we have done two or three times the work getting the cars ready," he said via telephone on Wednesday afternoon. "It makes it harder with all of the little things you have to do. They pile up and you have to get them done."

2011 is Fangmeyer's second straight season racing with the Oil Twins Amsoil logo boldly emblazoned on his car. He is not only pleased with the sponsorship, but also with the fantastic results produced by Amsoil products and by the friendship he has made with Andy and Casey Jones of the Oil Twins. "When I won the last race in 2009, they joked around and Andy put an Amsoil sticker on my car," he said laughing. "For the first two races in 2010, my power steering system went to trash, so Andy said to try Amsoil and gave me some product. It worked on the power steering so then I went to the rear end. Their products worked there, too. Soon after and ever since, all of the fluids I run in my car have been produced by Amsoil. I wanted to pay him back somehow for helping me out and being a friend, so I signed up and now I am an Amsoil dealer, too."

Speaking for the Oil Twins, Andy Jones, talked about their relationship with Fangmeyer. "Steve is a joy to work with. The best about him is the passion he brings to whatever he is doing. Whether it is motorsports or his personal life, he always does it to the fullest."

In the short time since he began his racing career, Fangmeyer has quickly grown into a crowd favorite. Nicknamed "Bam Bam" for pounding on the roof of his car in victory circle after posting a win, Fangmeyer's popularity has not gone unnoticed by Perris promoter Don Kazarian. "Steven is a great racer to have around," Kazarian said. "He has a fun personality and the fans love him. Especially the kids. He is always a very positive guy."

In addition to his Stock Car endeavors, Fangmeyer has joined the pit crew of the Oil Twins sponsored #23 Sprint Car driven at Perris by rising young start Greg Alexander in the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series.

Spectator gates will open at 5:00 PM on Saturday and the first race will be at 5:30.

Friday, June 17, 2011

(June 17, 2011, Montclair, CA) This weekend the Oil Twins will be promoting AMSOIL Synthetic Lubricants for two days at the L.A. Roadster show at Fairplex in Pomona and Saturday night for the Night of Destruction 3 at Perris Auto Speedway.

The booth at the L.A. Roadster show features the Chuck Tyler Motorsports #72 sprint car, driven by Greg Alexander in the AMSOIL USAC Western 360 Series. There will be plenty of products on hand geared specifically for the hot rod market along with knowledgeable dealers to assist enthusiasts with any questions they might have about protecting their rod.

Forty miles south, the “Triple Z” Zach Zuess will have his California Lightning Sprint Car on display in the AMSOIL booth at Perris Auto Speedway. While some are destroying their cars in the Night of Destruction, AMSOIL Dealers will be helping others protect theirs. Saturday night's "Bumper Bustin'" show will feature an open Figure 8 race, Trailer Figure 8 racing, a Demolition Derby and Demo Cross.

If you are attending either event, please stop by and put a hand shake on us. We’d be glad to hear from you.

Thursday, June 2, 2011

(June 1, 2011, Montclair, CA) Oil Twins Amsoil racing stars Greg Alexander and Tim Brown both gave a good account of themselves at the annual Salute to Indy last Saturday night at "Southern California's Home to Major League Sprint Car Racing," Perris Auto Speedway.

Before the largest PAS crowd of 2011, Alexander, 22, was competing in the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series. Going up against the best funded teams on the West Coast, the Gardena, California based racer turned in the eighth fastest qualifying time in the tough 33-car field. In three starts in the series this year, Alexander has one fast time, a fifth and Saturday's eighth.

In heat race action, Alexander posted his second win of 2011. He then began the main on the outside of the front row and jumped into second on the start. As usual, Alexander awed the crowd as he battled tooth and nail with the big buck teams. On lap six, he took the lead and ended up leading his first two laps ever in 410 Sprint Car competition.

A couple laps later Alexander did spin while fighting for second and he was forced to restart at the back of the field. After the restart, he passed several cars and was headed for the front again when a red flag came out due to another car crashing. Once the race restarted again, Alexander's right rear was losing air pressure and he was forced to drop out and finished 19th. It was another impressive night, but this one had a disappointing finish for the up and coming driver.

Brown, who lives in Wildomar, California, was competing against the California Lightning Sprint Car Series largest field of cars (23) in 2011. He was impressive from his first green flag of the night when he came from the second row to win his six lap heat race.

For the main Brown had to come from the tenth starting position (outside row 5) and he immediately began making a charge to the front. By the end of the fifth circuit he was third and when the 20-lap race reached the midway point, he was running second.

Things got exciting on the 11th lap when Brown made contact with another car. The front of his brightly painted Oil Twins Amsoil sponsored racer got up in the air. When it came down, he was speeding head on towards the inside crash wall. In an incredible move, he managed to get the car turned, brushed the wall and continued racing! It was a miraculous save, but he did drop back to fifth. Once he had gathered it back in, he got busy with the job at hand and advanced to the fourth place spot, which is where he was when the checkered signaled an end to the exciting race.

Had Brown not gotten the car straightened and hit the wall hard on the lap 11 incident, he would have lost his point lead. However, his great save and persistence to gain back another position before the end of the race allowed him to increase his point lead from 36 to 49 points.

In the six CLS races to date thus far in 2011, Brown has three second place finishes, two fourths and a ninth. He has been the most consistent driver of the season and therefore sits on top of the championship points standings.

While Brown has this weekend off, Alexander will be in action this Saturday in the Chuck Tyler Motorsports #72 at the Ron Otto Memorial USAC West Coast 360 race at Santa Maria Speedway. Brown will get back into the Oil Twins Amsoil #22 on Saturday, June 11th, when the CLS Series makes it's first ever appearance at Victorville Raceway Park.

Highlights of last Saturday's racing is available from Raceway Video. http://racewayvideo.com/

For more information or to order quality Amsoil Products from the Montclair, California based Oil Twins, please visit their website at www.oiltwins.com or give them a call at 888-OIL-TWINS.

For the upcoming Perris Auto Speedway race schedule or up to date news on the track, please visit: http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/ or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/113876798686480

This piece was produced by Scott Daloisio Sports: (909) 226-7768, mailto:sdaloisiosports@aol.com or http://twitter.com/ - !/search/sprintcarpr. Be sure to keep an eye out for news on our other racing clients. Perris Auto Speedway, David Cardey Racing, California Lightning Sprint Car Series, Greg Alexander Racing and Justin Marvel in the RB Motorsports #1B.